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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm Korean-American and immigrated to the United States when I was 4 years old. One of my earliest memories is going to the store by myself in Korea. My mom let me walk to the store and buy something. I am pretty sure she was right outside or a half a block away but I remember being so proud of myself. I thought I was such a big girl.

My kids are 4 and 6 now and I don't even let them walk in a parking lot without holding my hands. I am not afraid of kidnapping. I am afraid they will get hit by a car.[/quote]

I agree and had similar experiences in my country of birth. I went to the store for my parents frequently as it was only a short distance away and there were no busy streets in between. If I had that same set up for my kids, I would have let them do the same.

I am not that concerned about kidnapping, I am more concerned about cars and kids getting in situations of danger because they make bad decisions. There are more cars in the road today and they move faster than they did years ago-everyone is in a hurry.

I've seen two kids have their lives completely changed by accidental injury- one with a head injury that has effectively ended his life as he knew it. This was a perfectly normal kid with a sense of adventure who did something he thought was fun and now is essentially gone.  His entire family has been changed by this and will never again be the same. This is an incident that would not have happened had he been with an adult.

The other child was seriously injured by being hit by a car while playing near a busy road.  He spent months in the hospital. He recovered, but is a different person than he was before. This kid never would have been playing near that road if an adult had been present.

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